Your education begins from the standpoint of the complete beginner, providing you with a guided tour of the user interface, and allowing you to familiarize and feel at ease with Maya’s many controls. From there, you will launch into the first of three very in-depth projects, each one building upon the last to carry you comfortably to the level of proficient Maya user as you create beautifully detailed animations. The projects are very comprehensive, and each and every step carefully explained to make sure that you not only understand what it is you’re doing, but exactly why you’re doing it and how each tool you use works within Maya!

Episode 2: charts Napoleon s ascent to absolute power, from victorious General to first Consul to Emperor of France. It describes his extraordinary achievements - from the Napoleonic Code and the Bank of France, to bridges, roads, and canals - as well as the tyrannical nature of his rule and the violent opposition of most of Europe.

Taught By Professor Robert L. Devaney, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley,Boston University

For centuries, differential equations have been the key to unlocking nature's deepest secrets. Over 300 years ago, Isaac Newton invented differential equations to understand the problem of motion, and he developed calculus in order to solve differential equations.